Some efective measures to help 4th and 5th students at thach quang primary school for gaining good knowledge to achieve success in taking part in english club

THANH HOA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING THACH THANH EDUCATION AND TRAINING EXPERIENCE IDEA SOME EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO HELP 4TH AND 5TH GRADES STUDENTS AT THACH QUANG PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR GAINING GOOD KNOWLEDGE TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN TAKING PART IN ENGLISH CLUB Presenter: Hà Thị Diễm Position: Teacher School: Thach Quang primary school Subject: English THACH THANH, YEAR 2018 CATEGORY Content Page Introduction 1.1 Reason for choosing topic 1.2 purposes 1.3 Subjects 1.4 Methods3 Content 2.1 Rationale4 2.2 Status of isues5 2.3 Measures taken6 2.4 Result7 18 Conclusions, recommendations 19 3.1 Conclusions 19 3.2 recommendations 19 1 Introduction 1.1 Reason for choosing topic Our country is in the integration time, the Party and the State especially pay special attention to the development of education and training In the development of this project, the establishment and development of primary education is of great importance in contributing to the firm of development of the education system in order to integrate Vietnamese education to others in the region and the world Elementary school is the foundation of the national education system.Its aim is to educate students to form the basis for the long-term moral and intellectual development, physical, aesthetic and basic skills so that students continue to study to junior high school The development of primary education also help to contribute to the solid development of education and training In order to focus on the successful implementation of primary education goals, to educate children in the initial development and development of personality, English in the school is an indispensable subject for teaching and learning English is the international language, so using English well is seemed to be the golden key for people to integrate better With this trend, teaching and learning English at the elementary level becomes more important and urgent than ever, especially in the training of excellent students Today, teaching and learning foreign languages is becoming an urgent need for the whole society With the trend of integration and development of each Vietnamese people, students are gradually equipping themselves with a certain foreign language to exchange learning and reach out to the world English is extremely important in the overall development of the students For many years I have been assigned the task of fostering excellent students Therefore, it is necessary to identify the positions, roles and responsibilities of the good students Based on the fact that over the years, I have researched and applied many measures to refine and sharpen students in order to improve the quality of teaching and learning English well and have had the turning points successfully I boldly share the experience: "Some effective measures to help 4th and 5th grades students at Thach Quang primary school for gaining good knowledge to achieve success in taking part in English Club" in order to improve the efficiency of the room good English in the school and throughout the district, meeting the standard primary school, suitable for education in the new period 1.2 purposes My theme is to share with my peers, who are at the top of their class, standing up for their own experiences which have been selected and applied in practice in the school years and have remarkable results In addition, I would like to receive the enthusiastic contribution of colleagues to the re-training, fostering my good students achieved more success 1.3 Subjects The students of grades and of Thach Quang primary school where I am working These students have the potential, good character, good language skills that I discovered the fostering and took part in English language competitions at school, cluster and district level in the school year 2017 -2018 1.4 Methods - Student-centered approach to the lesson - The method of organizing regular, regular exchanges, organized into communication skills in pairs and groups - Methods of research to build theoretical basis- Method of investigation survey the pros and cons of each pupil in elementary school - Methods of collecting information, materials from textbooks, tapes, discs, learning English online, exchanging with colleagues, with native teachers - Statistical methods, data processing, markers, levels achieved by students in cross-examination among student’s groups to select the best students to foster effectively Content 2.1 Rationale On the spiritual guidance of the Ministry of Education & Training on teaching and learning English in levels of education, I found that most students master the grammar quickly but the ability to communicate is limited So joining the English Club is giving students an opportunity to socialize in a healthy and safe playground Based on the Official Letter No 2041 / SGD & ĐT-GDTH dated first September 2017 of the Director of Thanh Hoa Department of Education and Training guiding the implementation of the school year 2017-2018 tasks; Department of Education and Training instructs elementary schools in the district to organize Cluster Exchange Activities for off-hours education in 20172018 The goal of improving the quality of comprehensive education in primary schools; and motivating students to go to school Through the exchange students help to train life skills such as communication skill, cooperative skill, situations management skills English is taught in school later than other subjects but is supported enthusiastically by both students and their parents Due to the new methods in teaching forein language now is to motivate students learning independently, actively and positively in solving the tasks of communication and co-curricular activities in the English Club 2.2 Status of issues The fact show that students learn English well but lack of environment to communicate and practice may lead them just learning passively through books Moreover, if the knowledge they learn without digging deep and creation, it will have certain limitation Therefore, that Thach Thanh Education Department have organised English Club was to give a chance for students to exchange knowledge and to advance the quality of learning and teaching English in all schools in the district *Advantages:With the condition of the center of the six communes in the West, Thach Quang primary school has succeded in teaching and learning movement So, when I proposed to establish the team to join in English club, I was supported by both the headmaster and students’s parents who always motivate and encourage their children to learn English Besides, the teachers of other subjects are aggressive, enthusiastic and dedicated to the profession Moreover, students themselves are so eager and love English that make the study session become effective *Disadvantages:Thach Quang Primary school is located in a remote and mountainous area which is very far from the center of the district Besides, lack of facilities served for learning such as projectors, multi-purpose room also prevents both English teacher and students from practising English more often What is more, most students are from ethnic groups (for example, Muong ethnic group) and many of them still speak Kinh language unclearly, which is uneasy for them to communicate with others as well as with native speakers Finally, the low income of students’parents also stops them from buying tapes, reference books for their children to improve knowledge For the reasons above, the result of study among students is not in the same level So, how to train for attaining good results is an unsolvable problem In addition, the superficial awareness of some teachers in the school and students in English subjects sometimes lead to English teaching and learning activities uneffective 2.3 Measures From the above situation, in order to improve English students in the next school year, I would like to present some basic solutions that have been applied and got results Measure 1: Good communication, awareness raising for managers, teachers, parents, students about the importance of English in the school In any areas, for successful implementation, the awareness of the role and position of the task is the first and the key step The right understanding help to understand the importance of the task from which we focus on intellectual and strength on the task assigned known as a "guideline" for all work The target audiences for this is managers, teachers, staffs, parents and students The content should raise awareness about the role, position, mission and importance of English in the school, to improve the quality of comprehensive education for students Explain that innovation in teaching methods: textbooks, materials, teaching aids are essential elements that can not be overlooked The close attention of the Department of Education and Training, the school, the parents and all the teachers in the school contribute to teaching and learning English better Measure 2: Choosing the best students in grade 4, grade to join the school's English club Through the process of studying in grade and 5, I realize that some students absorb fast, hard work, good skills, positive attitude, careful, persevering, high self-esteem in learning and passion for the subject If the student has these characteristics I will select and train systematically at the beginning of the school year Measure 3: Give students in grade 4, grade take different test For the purpose of quality survey to accurately screen the team, choose the right object to create fairness for students, they will promote their ability to learn foreign languages * English proficiency test for grade students Full name: ……………….…… Class: Time: 60’ Mark Teacher's remarks Question 1: Odd one out 1.A.Vietnames B Chinese C America D Japanese e 2.A English B Maths C Ruler D Art 3.A Summer B Autumn C Spring D September 4.A Schoolbag B Classroom C notebook D pencil box A Morning B.Nationality C Afternoon D Evening Question 2: Circle A, B, C or D before the word having underlined letters pronounced differently from the others A fine B night C hi D miss A apple B candy C January D table A subject B music C student D.during A door B football C school D noon Question 3: Choose the best answer Where are you from? A I’m from China B I’m Chinese C I speak Chinese Are you Chinese ? No, I’m …………… A Vietnam B cold C Australian Which ………………do you speak? A nationality B weather C language When is your ………………? A class B birthday C nationality ……………………… See you later A Good morning B Good evening C Goodnight Where are they from? ……………… A American B English C I don’t know Is she from Vietnam or……… ? A Italy B Singaporean C English I……… Italian and……… A speak/China B speak/Chinese C from/Chinese Question 4: Complete the sentences ………….are you from? It is………… in autumn Elizabeth isn’t …………… She is Italian I’m ………… Let’s eat I haven’t ……… two goldfish What is the…………like? How … you? I am very………., thanks Queston 5: Read and choose T/F Hello, my name is Akio I am from Japan I’m Japanese I speak Japanese and English My school is an international school It is Rose International School I have got a lot of friends There are twenty students in my class They are from different countries Linda is from England She is English Jack and Jill are from the USA They are American Meimei is from China She is Chinese Alex is from France, but her mom is from Australia He is French We play badminton, play hide-and-seek together It is a lot of fun She is Akio She is Chinese Her school is International School Her class has got twelve students Her friends are from Vietnam Jack is from America Meimei isn’t Japanese Alex is from Australia They play games together 10 It is boring Queston 6: Reoder the words to make sentences a/ you/ can/ ride/ bike/ ? have/ I/ English/ on/ Friday/ Science/ and/ / you/ like/ would/ some/ a cake/ and/ mineral water/ ? How/ students/ are / class/ in / her/ many/ there/ ? time/ do/ what/ get/ up/ you/ ? Queston 7: Write a short paragraph (8 to 10 sentences) in English that speaks to your daily activities …………………………………………………….………….……………… …………………………………………….………………………………… ……………………………………………………….……………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………….………….…………… …………………………………………….………………………………… ……………………………………………………….……………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… After gathering the results of the best students in grade 4, I selected students to join the English Club List of excellent students in grade Numer Name Class Phạm Trịnh Trà My 4A Quách Anh Thư 4A Nghiêm Minh Nguyệt 4B Nguyễn Tâm An 4C Trịnh Thảo Nguyên 4C Bùi Lê Na 4C Nguyễn Thị Khánh Ly 4C Similarly I continue to survey the quality of excellent students in grade as follows: * English proficiency test for grade students Full name: ………………….…… Class: Time: 60’ Mark Teacher's remarks Question 1: Circle the letters before different word: A.on A Was B cartoon B Were C between C Did D from D is A What B Future C When D Where A Draw B Worker C Teacher D farmer A warm B cold C cool D.weather Question 2: Circle A,B,C or D before the word having underlined letters pronounced differently from the others A these B this C that D thanks A map B bag C monday D have A Find B miss C live D think A Twenty B early C pretty D fly A cook B cinema C candy D.cake Question 3: Complete the sentences Wh_t is the dat_ today? I w_nt tobe a p_stman _here are you fr_m? My birthday is in Aug_st Where _ere you y_sterday Question 4: Reoder the words to make sentences never/Lili/football/plays me/go/the/to/you/cinema/do/with/? go/zoo/did/the/to/she/yesterday? how/do/often/you/go/swimming? story/is/Mai/reading/now Question 5: Circle the correct answer Linda is from Washington D.C She's A Chinese B Singaporean C English D American Last night, I TV A Watched B Watches C Watch D Watching Some students are funny story A read B reading C reads D readed They are going to Ho Chi Minh city plane A on B in C at D by - .was your sister born? - In Ha Noi A When B What C Where D How Question 6: Reorder the sentences to make a dialogue What did you there? Yes We sang the song Happy Birthday Where were you last Sunday? We had a lot of fun We ate cakes and drank Coke Did you sing any English songs? We were at Linda's birthday party Question 7: Read the passage, fill in each blank one suitable This is my new friend, Laura She was born on the twenty- sixth (1) February, 1996 She (2) English at Oxford Primary School She (3) to be a good English teacher She listens to the English news every morning Next month she is going to visit Tuan Chau She likes the (4) in summer in Viet Nam because it's hot and sunny After students gave the answers, I also collected the papers, checked and gave feedbacks Queston 8: Write a short paragraph (8 to 10 sentences) in English that speaks to your job in the future ……………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………… ………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… After gathering the results of the best students in grade 5, I selected students to join the English Club List of excellent students in grade Numer Name Class Trịnh Hà Ly 5B Hoàng Lê Hà 5B Nguyễn Thị Thanh Tâm 5B Nguyễn Thị Mai Anh 5B Nguyễn Đăng Tuấn 5B Đỗ Hà Vy 5B Đỗ Phương Khánh 5C Mai Nguyệt Anh 5C 10 Looking at the results of both grade and grade 5, I officially selected 15 students to join the English Club Measure 4: High consensus of the administration, expertise and endorsement of parents I planed to practise on Wednesday afternoon, Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon There is also an additional Thursday evening Measure 5: I decided to give the students the best English grade 4, grade to learn a class I think separating two subjects into two classes to practise would be very hard Also, it took a lot of time for both students and teachers to decide for the children in the two classes study together for a while to help grade revise knowledge of grade and grade students acquire the new knowledge of grade Complement their lack of knowledge help them become more confident without teacher or the tutors they are still active in their knowledge themselves Photos of students are learning a class Measure 6: Widening knowledge from the textbook * I would like to present an illustrated lecture part from the English textbook Unit 2: I’m from Japan ( Lesson 2: Part 2: Point and Say – page 14 English textbook 4, Espisode 1) For this section is the pattern sentence Model sentences: What nationality are you ? I’m + quốc tịch Ex: + What nationality are you ? I’m Japanese 11 Based on the above examples, students can practice the same sentence form Ex : + What nationality are you ? I’m Malaysian + What nationality are you ? I’m Autralian Note: In addition to asking “What nationality are you?”, students can ask this structure in other ways such as “What is your nationality?” As excellent students can easily pratise the model sentence, I provide them more knowledge by expanding another ways of asking For example, if you want to know a girl or a woman’s citizenship, you ask “ What’s her nationality?” →She’s Japanese Notice that if you see “her” in the question, certainly the answer starts with “she” And if you want to ask a boy or a man’s nationality, you may say: “ What is his nationlity?”-> He is Malaysian Be careful if “his” appears in the question, the answer must begin with “He” To help students practise the knowledge, I prepared an exercise which is good for them to remember and the task exactly Exercise: Reoder the words to make sentences is / nationality / your / what / ? -> ……………………………………………………………… his / what’s / nationality / ? -> ……………………………………………………………… are / nationality / what / you / ? -> ……………………………………………………………… what / her / is / nationality / ? ->……………………………………………………………… After my students finish the test, I checked the answer and gave explaination What is your nationality ? What’s his nationality ? What nationality are you ? What is her nationality ? I continue to apply that teaching method for 5th grade students Unit 11: What’s the matter with you ? ( Lesson 1: Part 2: Point, Ask and Answer – page – English textbook 5, Espisode ) For this section is the pattern sentence Model sentences: What’s the matter with you ? I’ve got a headache 12 Students just practise the model sentence by replacing the word “disease” by another such as an earache, a sorethroat, a cold, a backache, a toothache, a stomachache, etc Thus, excelllent students find no difficulty to further exercises by giving the same sentences based on the model one Ex 1: What’s the matter with me ? -> you have got a backache With questions ending with “me”, the answer must begin with “you” Ex 2: What’s the matter with her ? -> She has got toothache With questions ending with “her”, the answer certainly begins with “She” Ex 3: What’s the matter with him ? -> He has got cold With questions ending with “him”, the answer of course begins with “He” Note: When the subjects are “I, You”, go with “have” ;otherwise,“He, She” followed by “has” To check students’s understanding, I also gave the following exercise Exercise: Circle the correct answer I …… got a toothache A is B have C has She …… got …… earache A have / a B are / a C has / an What’s … matter with you ? A the B.this C that …… has got a backache A they B I C he You have …… a …… A got / sore throat B a sore throat C got / the After my students finish the test, I checked the answer and gave explaination B 2C 3A 4C 5A * Guiding students for writing short paragraphs based on topics from textbook Before writing, I instructed the students to write simply, using words easily as long as write the correct words, the correct sentences Acording to the requirements of the proposed, if they know the words I can suggest, then each text in my textbook is a short article, which helps them to use the sentence patterns learned Set the habit of writing makes them not be confused in the form of paragraphs Example 1: Write about a friend of you This is my friend His name is nguyet He is ten years old He is a student at Thach Quang primary school He likes music very much He can sing many 13 Vietnamese and English songs He goes to English club on Saturday and Sunday Example 2: Write about yourself Hello, my name is Ha ly I am in lass 5B My family has got people: my father, mother, brother and me My family is very happy My hobby is traveling around the world I am good at listening and speaking English I can speak English fluently with my foreign friends I hope that I will become a teacher of English someday Example 3: Write about your dream house My name is Tuan I want to have a dream house in the city It will be a modern and comfortable house There will be ten rooms in the house: three bedrooms, two livingrooms, one study, three bathrooms and one kitchen I will have a computer in my study I will also have a hi-fi stereo in my bedroom My dream house will be an ideal one After students did the tasks, I collected the papers, pointed out the mistakes carefully and guide them how to write the same essays Beside those articles on the students also write many other ones with different topics These are topics that I have covered through the process of revision 14 Photos of students practicing writing 15 * After stressful lessons, I often let the children sing English songs to help them develop their listening skills and to create a confident, natural and relaxed learning environment They are all nimble intelligent and more effective The songs that I usually give the children to sing are : Wake up, What make you beautiful, Let it go, Hand in hand, Proud of you, Bingo, Clap your hand, The finger family, Five little mokeys, Baby shark, Head shoulder knee and toes * In order to make the leson more exciting I let students participate in speaking activities with give free speeches to correct pronunciation, sentence patterns, intonation, expressions, voice, and auxiliary movements which have the most fun, nature and confident Here are some examples that they have been practicing - Speaking activity of grade students Ex1 : Dialogue A: Good morning B: Good morning A: What is your name ? B: My name is Khanh Ly And you? A: I am Thao Nguyen How are you today ? B: I am fine, thanks What about you? A: I’m very well Thank you What class are you in ? B: I’m in class 4C Ex2 :Dialogue Student Hello Nice to meet you What’s your name ? My name is Na What colour you like ? Student Hi Nice to meet you too I am An And you? I like red What about you? I like yellow.What toys you I like a doll and a plane like? - Speaking activity of 5th grade Ex 3: Dialogue A: Good afternoon B: Good afternoon A: What is your name ? B: My name is Ha And you? 16 A: I am Vy How old are you ? B: I am ten years old How many people are there in your family ? A: There are five people in my family Ex4 : Dialogue Teacher Student Hello Hi What’s your name ? I am Mai Anh And you? My name is Thanh Tam What I’m a student What about you ? you ? I’m a student too What nationality I’m Vietnamese are you ? Can you play the piano ? Yes, I can Photos of students practicing speaking * Three basic signs for elementary school students: present simple, Past Simple, Present Continuous For elementary students to remember the nature of the three tenses is basically difficult because they always feel vague When I separated them from each other they well but the combination of the three are very embarrassing The number of correct sentences is very low, but this section decides high on the excellent student test The more students know how important this is, the higher the ability to decide it in this section I focus on this part a lot of time At first, I split each tense so that each student individually with examples and tutorials Then, I gave the students a paper presenting the present, the past simple and the present continuous Before doing this kind of exercise I reminded the students of the three signs as follows: 17 - Signs of recognition of present simple: Always, usually, often, sometime, seldom, rarely, hardly, never, everyday, every week, every month, every year - Signs of past simple monogamy In past adverbs of time: Yesterday, lastnight, last week, last month, last year, ago, two hours ago, two weeks ago - Signs of awareness are ongoing: + In adverbs there are adverbs of time: now, at the moment, right now, at present + In verbs there are verbs like: Look, listen, keep silent Ex: Given the correct form of the verb in brackets Mai usually ……… ( study) her lesson in the early everning We ……… ( not have) our lesson yesterday Lan and Minh …… ( take) a bus to school everyday The students ……… ( play) in the school yard now Look! It ……… ( rạin) again They …… ( buy) that house last year The results were unexpected, they did exactly sentences and grasp the essence of each Therefore, I multiply exercises for them to practise until they no longer forget or wonder that I move to another topic * I just say through the hearing a bit that my school is a mountainous school Where media is not available So I think the way to teach listeing skill as follows: most parents have phones with wifi connection or 3G I ask the students to listen to the textbook, listening sections in the beginning of the lesson so that they can listen to the text and explain the answers and give tips on different types of listening For example, “listen and write” students are the hardest part If they are not able to write in English, they can write the words in Vietnamese then translate them into English and then write the results in the right place * In short, to have good students, the teachers themselves and students need to work hard and contribute highly that I believe both the teacher and the students will be successful 2.4 Result After studying this method, students have equiped themselves with a fairly well-financed knowledge, skilled in taking exams, joining the English club with high efficiency Below is a table showing the results obtained over the school year Number of students taking 10 exams (School year: 2015-2016) Grade 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Consolation Total 18 Grade (5 Students) 0 5 Grade (5 Students) Number of students taking 15 examinations (School year: 2017-2018) Grade Grade (7 Students) Grade (8 Students) 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Consolation Total 19 Photos of students taking English language club examinations for the school year 2015 - 2016 and 2017 – 2018 Conclusions, recommendations 3.1 Conclusions The above are some measures to help students acquire good knowledge to achieve success in the English Club This is the result of research comes from reality through many years of teaching During the implementation, there are learning experiences of some of my colleagues in and outside the district These are a number of facets of the problems and other measures that i have not been able to address here 3.2 Recommendations To improve the quality of teaching English I have suggested to the education department such as: Continue to maintain the English club once a year; additional topics in English; select and agree on programs and textbooks in English subjects; Frequent professional cross-sectional change to English teachers have the opportunity to improve and learn professional qualifications from each other Cross-sectional professional activities of downstream and reverse domain For my school: facilities and materials are always provided for teaching and learning English such as projectors, multipurpose rooms, reference materials; Frequently exchange ideas and assessments during teaching hours so that I can learn from experience and teach better Due to time constraints, research scope and personal capacity, the experience initiative may have some inevitably inevitable points We would like to receive feedback from our colleagues to improve the research more effectively Approved by Nguyen Thi Mau I sincerely confirm this is the initiative I have done myself, not coppying from others Thach Quang, April 20th 2018 Written by Ha Thi Diem (Headmaster of Thach Quang Primary School) 20 REFERENCES Textbooks and English workbooks 4, textbooks and English workbooks - Vietnamese education publishers Official Letter No 2041 / SGD & ĐT-GDTH dated 01 September 2017 of the Director of Thanh Hoa Department of Education and Training on guiding the implementation of the school year 2017-2018 tasks;Department of Education and Training instructs elementary schools in the district to organize Cluster Exchange Activities outside the teaching hours of the 2017-2018 school year Network source (Intrenet) 21 22 ... "Some effective measures to help 4th and 5th grades students at Thach Quang primary school for gaining good knowledge to achieve success in taking part in English Club" in order to improve the... education also help to contribute to the solid development of education and training In order to focus on the successful implementation of primary education goals, to educate children in the initial... Director of Thanh Hoa Department of Education and Training guiding the implementation of the school year 2017-2018 tasks; Department of Education and Training instructs elementary schools in the